The Kaminsky Family: October 2010

Well our doctor told us to try Luke on the potty at 18 months. Since his 18 month birthday is just a few days away I bought a little potty chair for him. I really wanted to just get one that goes on the seat but he is afraid of the toilet so I just got the seat. Luke loves it. Thinks its very cool. We just got it yesterday and so not really ready to completely potty train but I noticed he is more aware of when he pees recently so I decided to let him run around naked (his favorite thing to do) and just "watch" him closely. Well I am the biggest dork because there he was naked on his seat looking so cute so I went to grab my camera and when I got it I noticed the battery was dead so I went to get the charger and set it up and the next thing I know I hear something in my room and walk in to find him standing in next to my bed peeing! After breakfast I tried again and this time I caught him in time and put him on the potty and he peed! We made a huge deal out of it and gave him a treat for peeing in there! We had a really busy day but when we got home that evening he had a full 8 oz of milk and I thought perfect we will try it again. Sure enough within 10 minutes I noticed a little drop of pee coming out and I put him on his seat he finished peeing and went poop! I could hardly believe. I was freaking out telling him how awesome he was and I was proud of him and clapping and he looked at me like I was crazy! Don't think we are going to go full force with the potty training right now. He is still very young and doesn't quite get it yet but this is a big step in the right direction. I was afraid he was going to be one of those kids who is 3 and not potty trained yet. With Jay & I going on vacation soon and then the holidays after that we will probably wait until after the first of the year to really go for it unless of course he decides he wants to.

On a side note he is starting to talk a lot now. His new sentence is I can see it or I see it which means he wants to see something. Took me a couple of days to figure out what he was talking about because he kept saying I can see it and I had no clue what the heck he was seeing but it all made sense yesterday when we were at a friends house and they had a fish on the dresser and I had picked him up to show him and then later he said mom I can see it and raised his arms so I would pick him up and show him. It also sounds like he says I can't do it a lot but we are not really sure. He said cheese yesterday but I missed it. Seems like every day he gets a new word.

When he drinks his milk at night I let him watch a show on Nick Jr. Usually its Yo Gabba Gabba since that is his favorite and if I say Yo Gabba Gabba is on he runs to his chair or the couch waiting for me to turn it on. On Nick Jr. the shows are only about 20 minutes or so and then after they have a cartoon moose come on an do puzzles and songs and stuff. He loves Moose. Last night I was washing dishes while he was drinking him milk watching tv. I look over at him and he is bouncing in his chair. Then I hear Moose on tv said step 2 is clapping and Luke starts to clap. Step 3 is turn around so Luke gets up and spins and then the do all the steps over again and he does them. Seriously when did he get so big! He is getting much better at listening to directions and if he does go in time out he actually stays put until we tell him.

Well we are off to a busy weekend. Saturday: I work, we have 3 birthday parties stacked up after that. Sunday: Bates Nut Farm for Pumpkin Patch (which is about an hour away from us) and then a birthday party at 5. Seriously between the 4 Bday parties this weekend and then we have a birthday dinner for my BFF Loralyn on Tuesday then her actual party on Friday we are just on this birthday party train which continues from last month where we had 4!